Chelsea 5-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 15 October 2005
Result
Chelsea 5-1 Bolton Wanderers
Premier League · Saturday 15 October 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Chelsea 5-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report
Chelsea defeated Bolton Wanderers 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 October 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.
Stylianos Giannakopoulos opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (52'), Frank Lampard (55'), Frank Lampard (59'), Didier Drogba (61') and E. Guðjohnsen (74'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Stylianos Giannakopoulos (4').
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 24 points from 8 and Bolton Wanderers 6th on 14 points from 8. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Bolton Wanderers 8th with 56.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Bolton Wanderers's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Stylianos Giannakopoulos
- 33'Yellow card · Didier Drogba
- 41'Yellow card · Michael Essien
- 51'Yellow card · Radhi Jaïdi
- 52'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 55'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 58'Red card · Ricardo Gardner
- 59'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 61'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 65'Yellow card · Kevin Nolan
- 74'Goal · E. Guðjohnsen
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (3-4-2-1)
Petr Čech, Del Horno, William Gallas, John Terry, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, F. Lampard, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Arjen Robben, Hernán Jorge Crespo, Eiður Guðjohnsen
Bolton Wanderers line-up
Jussi Jaaskelainen, Abdoulaye Faye, Tal Ben Haim, Gary Speed, Stylianos Giannakopoulos, Henrik Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Kevin Nolan, Bruno N'Gotty, Kevin Davies, Radhi Jaïdi